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- 2. payment to a conquering power
- 5. United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for about $15 million
- 6. opened the port of New Orleans to American ships and made generous contributions of weapons, clothing, money, and medical supplies to American troops.
- 7. was a conflict between the powerful nations of Great Britain and France for control of North America.
- 12. an individual who carries out unauthorized warfare against a foreign country
- 13. freedom
- 14. an agreement among countries to work together
- 16. 1819 the United States and Spain signed a Treaty ending the boundary dispute.
- 17. Treaty that ended the seven years war
- 20. Father Miguel Hidalgo spoke to a crowd of people at his church on September 16, 1810, in Dolores, Mexico. The speech sparked the Mexican Revolution against Spain.
- 21. had an army with an impressive-sounding name—the Republican Army of the North.
- 22. a government in which the people elect representatives to make governmental decisions
- 23. cruel use of power
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- 1. offered the war-weary people of Mexico three guarantees and a plan for government.
- 3. a person who follows another
- 4. In August 1813 the Republican Army battled Spanish forces south of San Antonio near the Medina River
- 8. to block someone from being able to use or take part in something
- 9. referring to an area that does not belong to any country
- 10. traveled to Washington, D.C., in 1811 to ask the United States for help.
- 11. Spanish word for “inspector” Rubí’s assignment was to tour the frontier provinces and recommend a course of action.
- 15. The last of the filibusters who tried to take Texas away from Spain was James Long of Natchez, Mississippi.
- 18. a Spanish term for cowboy
- 19. absolutely necessary
